Simple Beam (move)

Simple Beam シンプルビーム Simple Beam

Battles Type  Normal Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Brings down the energy of any Pokémon that have already used a move this turn.

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII

Simple Beam (Japanese: シンプルビーム Simple Beam) is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Simple Beam changes the target's Ability to Simple. If a Pokémon affected by Simple Beam is switched out, it regains its original Ability.

Simple Beam fails if the target's Ability is Simple, Truant, Multitype, Stance Change, Schooling, Comatose, Shields Down, Disguise, RKS System, Battle Bond, Power Construct, Ice Face, or Gulp Missile.

With Simple as its Ability, if the Pokémon's stat stages would be increased or decreased, the amount they would change by is doubled.

If powered up by a Normalium Z into Z-Simple Beam, the user's Special Attack stat rises one stage.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh The user's mysterious psychic wave changes the target's Ability to Simple.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
381		Latios		Undiscovered		Undiscovered				55
527		Woobat		Field	Flying				55
528		Swoobat		Field	Flying				55
531		Audino		Fairy		Fairy	45	45	45	36
605		Elgyem		Human-Like		Human-Like	29	29	29
606		Beheeyem		Human-Like		Human-Like	29	29	29
649		Genesect		Undiscovered		Undiscovered	62	62	62	63
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Types	Parent Egg Groups		Egg Move
						II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
054		Psyduck		Water 1	Field		✔	✔	✔
083		Farfetch'd		Flying	Field		✔	✔	✔
083		Farfetch'd Galarian Form		Flying	Field				✔
177		Natu		Flying		Flying		✔	✔	✔
263		Zigzagoon		Field		Field	✔	✔	✔	✔
300		Skitty		Field	Fairy	✔	✔	✔
325		Spoink		Field		Field		✔	✔
686		Inkay		Water 1	Water 2		✔	✔
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Description

Games Description MDGtI It changes the target's Ability to Simple. SMD It changes the target's Ability to Simple. The target regains its usual Ability when it goes to the next floor or faints.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Audino
The user shoots a beam at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Audino	Audino fires a beam at the opponent.
A Team Plasma Grunt's Audino	PS545		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Pokémon Masters EX

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Pokémon Masters EX

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 單純光束 Dāansèuhn Gwōngchūk Mandarin 單純光束 / 单纯光束 Dānchún Guāngshù French Rayon Simple German Wankelstrahl Italian Ondisinvolta Korean 심플빔 Simple Beam Brazilian Portuguese Raio Simplificador Spanish Onda Simple

Variations of the move Worry Seed
Worry Seed • Entrainment • Simple Beam

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